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Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim The foremost side of something or the end that faces the direction it normally moves.
2. isim The side of a building with the main entrance.

   “Pretty soon I struck into a sort of path[…]. It twisted and turned,[…]and opened out into a big clear space like a lawn. And, back of the lawn, was a big, old-fashioned house, with piazzas stretching in front of it, and all blazing with lights.”

3. isim A field of activity.

   “Becoming more aware of the progress that scientists have made on behavioral fronts can reduce the risk that other natural scientists will resort to mystical agential accounts when they exceed the limits of their own disciplinary training.”

4. isim A person or institution acting as the public face of some other, covert group.

   “Officially it's a dry-cleaning shop, but everyone knows it's a front for the mafia.”

5. isim The interface or transition zone between two airmasses of different density, often resulting in precipitation. Since the temperature distribution is the most important regulator of atmospheric density, a front almost invariably separates airmasses of different temperature.

   “We need to take the clothes off the line. The news reported a front is coming in from the east, and we can expect heavy rain and maybe hail.”

6. isim An area where armies are engaged in conflict, especially the line of contact.
7. isim The lateral space occupied by an element measured from the extremity of one flank to the extremity of the other flank.
8. isim The direction of the enemy.
9. isim When a combat situation does not exist or is not assumed, the direction toward which the command is faced.
10. isim A major military subdivision of the Soviet Army.
11. isim Cheek; boldness; impudence.
12. isim A woman's breast.

    “[…] there was one bare breast sticking out, the tip of it disappearing into Enid's father's mouth. She had told her mother about this in perfect certainty that she had seen it. She said, "One of her fronts was stuck in Daddy's mouth."”

13. isim An act, show, façade, persona: an intentional and false impression of oneself.

    “He says he likes hip-hop, but I think it's just a front.”

14. isim That which covers the foremost part of the head: a front piece of false hair worn by women.

    “like any plain Miss Smith's, who wears a front”

15. isim The most conspicuous part.

    “the very head and front of my offending”

16. isim The beginning.

    “summer's front”

17. isim A seafront or coastal promenade.
18. isim The forehead or brow, the part of the face above the eyes; sometimes, also, the whole face.

    “Bless'd with his father's front, his mother's tongue.”

19. isim The bellhop whose turn it is to answer a client's call, which is often the word "front" used as an exclamation.
20. isim A grill (jewellery worn on front teeth).

    “I'm saying, man, them fronts? That car? Who is you, Chiron?”

21. sıfat Located at or near the front.

    “The front runner was thirty meters ahead of her nearest competitor.”

22. sıfat Pronounced with the highest part of the body of the tongue toward the front of the mouth, near the hard palate (most often describing a vowel).

    “The English word dress has a front vowel in most dialects.”

23. sıfat Closest or nearest, of a set of futures contracts which expire at particular times, or of the times they expire; (typically, the front month or front year is the next calendar month or year after the current one).

    “Contracts are available for every month in the front year but do not extend over a year.”

24. fiil To face (on, to); to be pointed in a given direction.

    “The great gate fronting to the north was about four feet high, and almost two feet wide, through which I could easily creep.”

25. fiil To face, be opposite to.

    “After saluting her, he led her to a couch that fronted us, where they both sat down, and the young Genoese helped her to a glass of wine, with some Naples biscuit on a salver.”

26. fiil To face up to, to meet head-on, to confront.

    “Know you not Gaueston hath store of golde, Which may in Ireland purchase him such friends, As he will front the mightiest of vs all,”

27. fiil To adorn with, at the front; to put on the front.

    “Three tiers of balconies fronted with roped columns supporting arched openings looked down on the marble hall.”

28. fiil To pronounce with the tongue in a front position.

    “The velar plosives are often fronted through the influence of a following front vowel, and retracted through the influence of a following back vowel.”

29. fiil To move (a word or clause) to the start of a sentence (or series of adjectives, etc).

    “[…] in the clause, only the adjective may be fronted; but if both a past participle and a verbal particle are present, either may be fronted. Topicalization, in which maximal projections are fronted to express pragmatics such as contrast, emphasis, ...”

30. fiil To act as a front (for); to cover (for).

    “Everybody knew Skopas fronted for the fight mob even though he was officially the arena manager.”